It is my deeply-held belief that fun should never have any point whatsoever. Since I always get a kick out of those "this happened the year you were born" type things, I thought I'd ask our readers what the top-rated television series was the year you slipped from the womb to grace the world with your presence. You don't have to give the year, just tell us the TV show. Check out this link to help you determine which TV show it is. When I came to life, Happy Days was the big show of the time. I know I watched the show in reruns growing up, but maybe it affected me more than I realized. I do have a habit of punching machines like Fonzie does when they don't work. Well, actually it's more like "breaking them," but whatever. I can't deny the powerful influence of Happy Days.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
5-19-2006 @ 12:15PM
Anna said...
Happy Days for me, too. And, yes, I have a habit of punching machines when they don't work. Just the other day, I kicked my dryer when it broke down. Didn't fix it, though.
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5-19-2006 @ 12:36PM
Joel Keller said...
I didn't even have to look at the site to know this answer: All in the Family.
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5-19-2006 @ 5:10PM
Bob Sassone said...
Bonanza!
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5-19-2006 @ 5:47PM
doc said...
All In The Family for me as well.
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5-19-2006 @ 5:48PM
WhizGidget said...
All in the Family for me too!
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5-19-2006 @ 6:07PM
Frank Falstaff said...
"...And, yes, I have a habit of punching machines when they don't work..." That's OK Anna, sometimes it works and saves you some dough, just as long as you remember not to get carried away.
"...Just the other day, I kicked my dryer when it broke down. Didn't fix it, though." Hey, at least you tried, right? Let's be honest, it felt good to do it, didn't it?
Now to answer Adam's question: Gunsmoke and Lassie, I remember that my family's TV was all black metal and my father's periodic frustrated remark "there goes that darned 5U4 again." Quick reverse Jeopardy quiz for you youngsters, what's a 5U4?
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5-19-2006 @ 6:11PM
Phelan said...
Dynasty!
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5-19-2006 @ 6:35PM
Ben said...
DALLAS! Actually I'm kind of disappointed, I've never seen an episode of Dallas but The Dukes of Hazzard in second place was one of my favorite shows.
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5-19-2006 @ 6:45PM
LC said...
Laugh-In
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5-19-2006 @ 6:53PM
Sonny said...
60 Minutes !!!????!!!!
What was up that year? Oh yeah, sky high fuel prices & failed overseas melees.
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5-19-2006 @ 7:53PM
wassily said...
Haha, Sonny. Mine was 60 Minutes as well and I had the exact same reaction.
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5-19-2006 @ 8:20PM
Wendell Wittler said...
Geez, I'm old. My first #1 TV show was "The $64,000 Question". That was the first year of the big money quiz shows and "$64K" knocked "I Love Lucy" out of first place. But looking at the next few years, no mega-quiz was #1 after that, and they all disappeared after "Twenty-One" popped into the Top 20 and the scandal broke. Oh, and the scandal-free "I've Got a Secret" and Groucho's "You Bet Your Life" were also in the Top 10.
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5-19-2006 @ 9:55PM
Mike said...
How bout dem Beverly Hillbillies, great show. I must admit I was a huge All in the Family fan. A few shows spun off of All in the Family, Maude and the Jeffersons to name a few.
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5-19-2006 @ 11:26PM
Kris said...
Dum dee dee dum dee dee dum dee dee dum....BONANZA!!
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5-20-2006 @ 12:54AM
Brad said...
Cosby Show.
Tells ya how young I am.
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5-20-2006 @ 9:28AM
Zachary said...
60 Minutes for me!
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5-20-2006 @ 9:35AM
scott mclendon said...
"Gunsmoke".7 of the top 10 shows were Westerns!
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5-20-2006 @ 2:04PM
Tammy said...
Bonanza, Bewitched and Gomer Pyle! I never watched Bonanza that much but I loved the reruns of Bewitched when I was older. I wanted to be Tabitha.
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5-20-2006 @ 11:58PM
carolinemorgan said...
All in the family.
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5-21-2006 @ 12:05AM
Jason Anderson said...
60 minutes in 1979. If I was born a week later it would have been Dallas.
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